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yah they asked me about eggs also wtf was that about?

They use egg derivatives (I'm assuming the albumen) in the IV drugs for drug delivery.

What a heart-warming story! It must make you feel so good.

I'm currently debating about mentioning this diet to a friend whose daughter is diagnosed with depression & schizophrenia. Here's the thing... her husband seems kind of celiac to me too... but he's a doctor! And very much of the pull-up-your-socks-&-no-whining persuasion. So I feel a little bit buttinski to bring it up... especially since it's kind of a long shot & her daughter doesn't fit the classic, underweight profile... but given her daughter's misery, I just feel it would be worth trying the diet. Do I even mention it? She is a very close friend, but not very health-food oriented... & I'm afraid she might take offense & think I was somehow making light of the diagnosis or disrespecting her or her husband... what would you guys do?

I take the make-it-seem-like-their-idea approach. I've found this method particularly handy for doctors . Bring up how much better you're feeling, and that you didn't realize how connected to everything gluten and celiac was. Casually mention that you've read that celiac can cause neuro and psychological problems, even without a classic presentation....

Then just wait for the lightbulb if it's there to be turned on, if it clicks with them, then great! If it doesn't, you were just making conversation

This was sent out to Clan Thompson SmartList subscribers:

Hi,

General Mills says it's reformulated Trix cereal (regular) and the new boxes contain gluten. Read the label. If wheat starch is listed as an ingredient, it is NOT GLUTEN FREE. If there is no wheat starch on the label, it's part of the old formulation (which may be on the shelves for the next year) and it IS gluten free.

Best wishes,

Lani K. Thompson

www.clanthompson.com

Some medicines, like pepto bismol, can cause black stools.

Ha, if we all had good luck, none of us would be here!

It won't be so bad, it's less than 24 hours away, so at least it's short-term suffering.

I like to compare celiac to type 1 diabetes. In both, the body attacks it's own tissue, and in both, lifetime maintenence is required.

Just like a type 1 diabetic can't go into remission and never have to take insulin everyday, a celiac can't go into remission and stop eating gluten-free. The gluten-free diet is a celiac's insulin.

(sorry to all of you that have to deal with gluten-free and insulin )

but you cant have all ciders. wyders pear and raspberry do contain gluten. i found that out the hard way. i mistook pear for peach (which you can have) and a couple hours later i was really sick...and i havnt been that sick for a long time now. there is also a type of hornsby's that you cant have...i cant remember which one off hand right now.

All woodchuck ciders are gluten-free

All Ace ciders are gluten-free

You might have developed an allergy to wheat in your time gluten-free. I get an itchy mouth and hives when I get gluten now, I must have developed an allergy. Next time it happens, I'd take some benadryl ASAP!

The Dallas ROCK group came up with this (there's a link to the pdf at the top)

<a href="Open Original Shared Link disease=1" target="external ugc nofollow">Open Original Shared Link disease=1</a>

I know you're in Canada, but maybe it'll help anyway.

I'd guess the dog food. Even if you don't feed the dog, watch him eat one day. There are probably crumbs in his muzzle, on his paws, if he licks you, etc.

McCormick spices are gluten-free, and they clearly label gluten as well.

All woodchuck ciders are safe.

Ace ciders are all safe as well

Here's the response I got from emailing Outback, same answer, different person:

G'day,

Thank you for your e-mail. Sorry you were misinformed. Outback

Steakhouse is updating our gluten free menus for our stores. Copies

will soon be available to them. I've attached a copy of the gluten-free menu to

this email. Our website, www.outback.com, also contains an updated copy

of the gluten-free menu.

Thank you,

Michelle

I just read all of these posts...sheesh...

There is a place for western medicine and a place for alternative medicine. There are plenty of quacks and snake oil salesmen in both.

Remember that you can't believe everything you read on the internet.

Foodies over here know that Ragu isn't just a cheap bottled sauce, but since consumer culture prevails, that's what most people think of.

Basically, what most people call spaghetti sauce over here is bolognese sauce. Just like in England crisps are chips and chips are french fries.

My sister got in trouble with her British inlaws once when she said she needed to iron her husband's pants

I make an exquisite bolognese sauce (family practically eats it as soup ), but since I'm an American that is only enrolled in culinary school and hasn't attended yet, it's spaghetti sauce

It's one of those things that everyone knows what it is, but doesn't necessarily know what it's called. Just be happy nobody is trying to pronounce it

Gee, I want me some baloney-ese sauce! ( )

(this information was originally posted in the Bearer of Bad News thread, but I want to make sure everyone sees it)

I just got off the phone with a very nice woman named Leila at OSI Restaurant Partners, which is the umbrella company for Outback. She was flabbergasted that there is a rumor going around that they are getting rid of the gluten-free menu at Outback. She said that the opposite is true, and that they work closely with Cynthia Cooper with GIG to make the experience as good and easy as possible for celiacs and gluten-intolerant folks. So, to make this crystal clear:

OUTBACK IS NOT DISCONTINUING THEIR GLUTEN-FREE MENU

When she asked if I had eaten there as a celiac, I said that I had but I got sick, she said to make sure I come back again because they try as hard as they can and they're learning and what they hear from celiacs themselves helps them serve us better.

Here is where you can find their gluten-free menu: Open Original Shared Link

It was updated just last month!

They are working with Cynthia again to develop gluten-free menus for their other concept restaurants, though I forget exactly which ones she said, I know Carraba's was one. So, I think that in the future, we can expect gluten-free menus from all of their concept chains - Carraba's, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Bonefish, Fleming's, Roy's, Blue Coral, and Lee Roy Selmon's.

Eating out is always a risk, but places like Outback try to make it less risky, and I personally applaud them for that.

Hope that clears things up

It's my understanding that they're changing the gluten-free menu, not getting rid of it altogether. I sent an email to corporate, I'll let you know when/if I hear back from them.

*EDIT*

I just got off the phone with a very nice woman named Leila at OSI Restaurant Partners, which is the umbrella company for Outback. She was flabbergasted that there is a rumor going around that they are getting rid of the gluten-free menu at Outback. She said that the opposite is true, and that they work closely with Cynthia Cooper with GIG to make the experience as good and easy as possible for celiacs and gluten-intolerant folks. So, to make this crystal clear:

OUTBACK IS NOT DISCONTINUING THEIR GLUTEN-FREE MENU

In fact, they are working with Cynthia again to develop gluten-free menus for their other concept restaurants (Carraba's, Cheeseburger in Paradise, Bonefish, and more).

Hope that clears things up

Nikki--I just woke up and haven't heard any news. Is this really true????

I saw him on TV with his little girl...how did he die???

What a shame?

Judy

A stingray barb pierced his heart while filming a documentary, ironically, about deadly sea creatures. Very tragic, freak accident.

Reactive hypoglycemia does NOT do well on no carb. I've been a reactive hypoglycemic for about 10 years now, and sorry, that doesn't work. Aside from being absolute hell on your kidneys, the body needs both protein and carbs. Hypoglycemics just need to be careful about the TYPES of carbs they consume. An omlette and a bag of skittles is a bad choice, but an omlette and a piece of higher fiber fruit like oranges or apples are a good choice. They also need to eat smaller meals more often.

*sigh* there was no reason for this thread to get heated

As so appropriately noted by Lillyth, I didn't say everyone should give up foods that disagree with me. Read again if you please. I simply don't recommend foods which are so "borderline" as mold and such. That's an opinion, and still isn't an absolute. The more permeable intestinal walls are obviously letting more things through, so should we not take this into consideration? It seems many of us continue to have issue from time to time, and I guess that's what keeps us active on this board. That says enough I think. I'll just let this subject go right there.

Mold is not borderline for celiacs. The only reason a celiac would have an issue with mold is if they're allergic to it. Even then, many people with mold allergies (me, for example) can eat cheese. If you want to cut out all foods with mold, I suggest cutting out cheese, any nuts, peanuts, fruit juice, and basically everything grown on God's green Earth. Don't forget to live in a bubble, either.

IMO, borderline for celiacs are things like uncontaminated oats, not mold.

Konsyl is what my gastro reccommended for me, it's 100% pure psyllium husks (same as metamucil), but it has no sweeteners in it at all. It's also gluten-free.

I have the Clan Thompson list for my palm and I really like it, definitely worth the investment.

Thank God, that's wonderful!

I have spoken with our local Walmart SuperCenter manager about getting gluten free products in their stores. I also emailed the home office. We'll see where that gets me. It's interesting that a "really, really high up" in Walmart has Celiac. You'd think he'd get on the band wagon and get some gluten-free products in his store! I have to drive 45 minutes to a HyVee to get my gluten-free products.

It's probably because hardly anybody that works for wal mart corporate actually shops there. Seriously, I've lived where corporate is, and have friends that have worked there.

Oh, and companies that want major distribution in their stores have to have a home office in northwest arkansas, where walmart corporate is.

You know, I'd probably like Ugg's more if I lived in the northeast. As it is, I live in Texas where it is too hot for the devil himself to stay (he went up to DC, oops, did I say that! ), probably a good 20 degrees hotter than hell. Year round. It can be 70 and people will complain that it's cold.

I didn't live here when it snowed a couple of years ago, but even then I had said, "well I'm going to have to ice skate home, because hell has literally frozen over."

Never a Texas fan

On a less evil note ( ):

My University of Arkansas Razorbacks play tomorrow!!!

GO HOGS!!!

(too bad they're playing USC )

I'll keep my friends Jose and Jack nearby throughout the game though, for better or for worse

I have an atypical presentation of migraines, because I have abdominal migraines (headache in my stomach ) with all of the loverly side effects like nausea and vomiting and an aura. I figured that out and my GI agreed with me....

At any rate, I'd say migraines for you too since they've ruled out everything else. I'd find a neuro for that though, because if you are having migraines, you're showing a non-typical presentation.

Other than that, the sinus thing could be that you have an infection or irritation in one of your other mucus membranes so you're overproducing mucus. I had that problem while I was on the gluten challenge, constantly runny nose and slime everywhere else.

I hope you get to feeling better!